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5 August 2019
Shefa Gems Ltd.
("Shefa Gems" or the "Company")
Trademark of Company Name
Shefa Gems (LSE: SEFA), a company focused on advanced exploration and development of multi-gemstone projects in Northern Israel, is pleased to announce that the UK Intellectual Property Office has granted a trademark for the Company's name, Shefa Gems Ltd®.
Shefa Gems applied to register the trademark at the UK Intellectual Property Office following the change of the Company's name to Shefa Gems Ltd., as announced on 14 June 2019. The trademark is valid from 26 July 2019 until 5 May 2029 and can be extended for additional 10-year periods for an unlimited time, subject to payment of renewal fees. The main purpose for Shefa Gems registering the trademark on its name is to assist building a unique and powerful brand image in line with the Company's 'Mine to Market' strategy.
The registered trademark also protects Shefa Gems and its brand by preventing other companies and organisations in the UK from using the same company name, or similar descriptions in connection with Shefa Gems products, as listed on the registration certificate, including jewellery, diamonds, precious stones gems, semi-precious stones and watches.
Avi Taub, CEO of Shefa Gems, said: "We are very pleased to trademark our new company name, Shefa Gems®, which forms an important part of our strategy to build a global brand and forge a distinctive identity for the Company and its unique and diverse suite of gemstones."
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Enquiries
Shefa Gems Ltd | |
Michael Rosenberg, OBE - Chairman www.shefagems.com | +44 20 7938 4026 |
VSA Capital Limited - Financial Adviser | |
Andrew Raca | +44 20 3005 5000 |
SI Capital Limited - Broker and Strategic Adviser | |
Nick Emerson and Jon Levinson | +44 20 3871 4038 / +44 1483 413500 |
Luther Pendragon | |
Harry Chathli, Alexis Gore, Rachel So | +44 20 7618 9100 |
Notes to Editors
About Shefa Gems Ltd
Shefa Gems Ltd (LSE: SEFA) is a multi-commodity explorer of precious stones operating in Northern Israel. Exploration activity is managed by professionally skilled and technically competent personnel and is accompanied by an international team of geological experts with decades of proven experience in their fields.
All exploration activities are conducted under international standards and the internationally recognised SAMREC 2016 Code. Furthermore, its four (4) permits, granted to it by the Commissioner of Mines at the Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources Administration, Israel, extend over an area of approximately 600,000 Dunam (60,000 hectares) that includes the Kishon River, the volcanic bodies on Mount Carmel, the Zevulun and Yizre'el valleys and their margins - Menashe Hills, Tivon-Alonim Hills, and Nazareth range. The Company upholds environmental values and protects the nature in the areas where it operates, cooperating fully with all authorities.
Alongside its exploration activities, the Company is building on the launch of the "Heaven on Earth" jewellery collection and developing the Company's "Mine to Market" strategy to promote unique jewellery collections utilising Shefa Gems' suite of precious gemstones.
The exclusive "Heaven on Earth" collection is now available to view online on the website of the designer Yossi Harari at: www.yossiharari.com/collections/heaven-on-earth
For further information please visit the website at www.shefagems.com